The crazed smile that says: It’s the little packets of madness that we need to fear

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"Darkness cannot be dissipated with more darkness.
(excerpt)

He has just been arrested for a crime for which he could be put to death, if convicted. And he is smiling. From this, and from many other things we already know about this man, it seems likely that he has lost his reason.

Why and how? The most likely cause is Loughner’s daily cannabis-smoking habit. The link between this drug and serious mental illness grows clearer every day.
Wickedly, the dope lobby still tries to deny this and seeks to legalise it.

Loughner has been, for much of his short life, a habitual smoker of this so-called ‘soft’ organic drug. This is not in doubt. Police records, the testimony of U.S. army recruiters who rejected him partly on these grounds, and the accounts of several friends confirm that Loughner is a marijuana victim.

Yes, I know. Not all cannabis-smokers lose their minds. And not all cigarette-smokers get cancer. But in both cases the risk is enough to cause concern.

When police caught him driving a car that stank of marijuana, Loughner was let off,
as he would have been here. So much (as usual) for the non-existent ‘war against drugs’. Cannabis is now effectively legal in Britain and in several parts of the USA, where this dangerous and unpredictable poison is ironically permitted for ‘medical use’.

Arizona voters, fooled by years of cynical and shameful ‘cannabis is harmless’ propaganda, approved just such a stupid law in November.

The town council of liberal Pima (scene of the murders) last week took the first step towards licensing ‘dispensaries’ for dope.

Arizona has always had plenty of guns. America has always had heated political rhetoric. What is new is that it now has legal dope as well.

Those who are seriously interested in public safety should worry less about guns and radio shock jocks, and more about the little packets of madness on sale in every school.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...s-madness-really-need-fear.html#ixzz1BCacD8lX
 
Well, how about a whole post full of bias.
Let's call it 'little packets of madness' to appear impartial. :\

Just for info: I am no fan of THC and I never will be.
But this is just so much gratuitous BS I have to take a stand against it.

First of all, (and most Americans get a hard-on if they can yell it out loud):
Guns don't kill people, drugs don't kill people and making stupid statements about muslims doesn't kill people either: PEOPLE kill people.

Secondly, THC mostly causes psychosis in subjects that are already prone to having a psychosis.
ARTICLE

Thirdly, and I (sadly) have no reference for this as it was from a lecture I attended:
There seems to be a lot of evidence that THC actually helps people who are mildly psychotic to cope with it.
They smoke one joint every day to keep the symptoms tucked inside.
It is a form of self-medication, as someone with anxiety might take two glassed of wine every evening to fall asleep nice and quiet.

And last but not least:
If all drugs would be legal and sold in an appropriate way, users could express their discomfort with increasing psychosis or other problems.
The dealer on the corner couldn't care less if you are slowly entering a world of dark thoughts and dominant voices.
But if all weed/hash would be sold in a shop like a pharmacy, users could be asked about the side-effects.
They could even sell weeds with different concentrations of THC and other cannabinoids to swap to a more suitable 'brand'.

I just realized the words below might not be the OP's own words but just copied from the text.
But I am too lazy to edit my text accordingly. :p
 
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Wow, get a little more biased why don't you?
Arizona voters, fooled by years of cynical and shameful ‘cannabis is harmless’ propaganda, approved just such a stupid law in November.
Cannabis is harmless you fuckups.
 
"Cannabis is now effectively legal in Britain" oh i see so that is why i got a record for having 1g of weed on me doesn't sound very legal to me.


I was gonna say, this is bloody news to me. Maybe I'll stop being so vigilant on my way home from picking up a quarter next time... :|
 
Why and how? The most likely cause is Loughner’s daily cannabis-smoking habit. The link between this drug and serious mental illness grows clearer every day.
I read half of this and laughed, when i read the other sentence i got pissed. There must be a link if an insane dude smokes weed YESYESYES8o (sarcasm)
Arizona voters, fooled by years of cynical and shameful ‘cannabis is harmless’ propaganda, approved just such a stupid law in November.
Oh cmon, whos spitting the propaganda here:!
PS. Im not sure who wrote this article but he/she should fall into a coma because then she would atleast be using her brain more then now -.-
PPS. @ 3rd_I_blind
There seems to be a lot of evidence that THC actually helps people who are mildly psychotic to cope with it.
actually its the active compound CBD(or with the right balance of CBD/THC) that seems to help ppl with mental problems.
 
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i would happily shit all over peter hitchins face.
seriously where does he come up with such biased, COMPLETELY scientifically innacurate GARBAGE ?

i call for him to be sacked, at the very least for someone to find out where he lives and sneak into his house and shit on his face while he sleeps.

seriously i would LOVE to meet him and slap him across his moronic face.

it IS the daily mail though, so im not surprised in the slightest. its not news in any way whatsoever, its an opinion piece.
 
actually its the active compound CBD(or with the right balance of CBD/THC) that seems to help ppl with mental problems.
Ah, thnx for the info!
Any chance you have an article to support this?
It's not that I don't believe you, but I'd like to have the scientific proof. :)
 
a 2006 review of the antipsychotic efficacy of CBD:

NSFW:
Braz J Med Biol Res. 2006 Apr;39(4):421-9. Epub 2006 Apr 3.

Cannabidiol, a Cannabis sativa constituent, as an antipsychotic drug.

Zuardi AW, Crippa JA, Hallak JE, Moreira FA, Guimarães FS.

A high dose of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main Cannabis sativa (cannabis) component, induces anxiety and psychotic-like symptoms in healthy volunteers. These effects of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol are significantly reduced by cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabis constituent which is devoid of the typical effects of the plant. This observation led us to suspect that CBD could have anxiolytic and/or antipsychotic actions. Studies in animal models and in healthy volunteers clearly suggest an anxiolytic-like effect of CBD. The antipsychotic-like properties of CBD have been investigated in animal models using behavioral and neurochemical techniques which suggested that CBD has a pharmacological profile similar to that of atypical antipsychotic drugs. The results of two studies on healthy volunteers using perception of binocular depth inversion and ketamine-induced psychotic symptoms supported the proposal of the antipsychotic-like properties of CBD. In addition, open case reports of schizophrenic patients treated with CBD and a preliminary report of a controlled clinical trial comparing CBD with an atypical antipsychotic drug have confirmed that this cannabinoid can be a safe and well-tolerated alternative treatment for schizophrenia. Future studies of CBD in other psychotic conditions such as bipolar disorder and comparative studies of its antipsychotic effects with those produced by clozapine in schizophrenic patients are clearly indicated.


PMID: 16612464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
full text here

there's stuff that's more recent: some supporting, some negating.

Another source sums up:

Cannabidiol has been shown to have anxiolytic and antipsychotic effects [126, 242] leading to the suggestion that CBD may offset some of the adverse effects of Δ9-THC. Just as there is variability in the Δ9-THC content of cannabis, there is variability in the CBD content of cannabis. Thus, if the consequences of cannabis exposure are related to Δ9-THC content and if CBD offsets some of the effects of Δ9-THC, then exposure to cannabis with a higher Δ9-THC content and/or low CBD content might be associated with greater negative consequences.

Which justifies a Multiple Ascending Dose trial on humans to determine the optimal ratio of THC:CBD
 
I love the fact that comments on the article are "Disabled for legal reasons". I'm sure it's got more to do with the fact that they wouldn't be able to cope with the influx of rational minded folk lambasting Mr Hitchens for being such an uninformed tool.
 
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